Improved polishing-box



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

WILLIAM A. MORSE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

-IMPROVED POLISHING-BOX.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,781, dated J nly 31,1866..

To all whom t may concern.'

Beit known that I, WILLIAM A. MORSE, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and `State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulPolishing-B0X; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of' the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists of a polishing-box adapted tovarious uses-cleanin g knives, forks, spoons, tinware, door-plates, andfor general use about a house or shop.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents a cylinder made of tin, wood,or other suitable material, into the lower end or bottom of which isclosely tteda polishing-pad, B, which may be made of cork, leather,wood, or both combined, or any suitable material for that purpose.

I do not entirely confine myself to this Way of attaching thepolishing-pad. It may be attached to any other part of the box mostconvenient for different kinds of work.

D is a perforated cover'or lid made to fit I closely around the top ofthe cylinder A.

To use my invention it is only necessary to provide the cylinder A withsuitable polishingpowder, by, removing the perforated lid D,

and, after replacing it, shake the box with lid downward over the objectto be polished, and when a suitable amount of powder is deposited uponthe object turn the lid upward and rub the object with the polishing-padB.

llaving,` thus fully described 'the construction and operation of myinvention, what I claim,

Witnesses GEORGE 000K, HENRY D. 000K.

